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Shooting stars

            ... of the floral variety. Shooting stars are my favorite wildflowers.  They are essentially primroses with reflexed petals. They were previously placed in their own genus (Dodecatheon) based on this remarkable floral trait, but have recently been put back into the primrose group (Primula).

The petal positioning of shooting stars would seem to hinder pollinators from landing on the flower. However they rely on a "buzz" pollination strategy, where vibration of the pollinator's (usually bumble bees) flight muscles causes tightly held pollen to fall off the anthers and land on the legs and body of the pollinator or directly on to the stigma of the same flower.  Buzz pollination occurs in other species with similar flower morphology, such as some plants in the tomato family.

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Caribou City (show map)

Taken on: June 11, 2024

Tags:

Como Creek Valley

Mountain Research Station

Primula pauciflora

Dodecatheon pulchellum

subalpine forest

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Sets appears in: • Flowers/ other botanical stuff

Groups appears in: • Colorado! • Secret Life of Plants more » • flower power • Macro Photography • Nature Photography • Flower Close-Ups • Anything Nature • macros of all kinds.macros de todo tipo. • US Wildflowers • Flickr Plants Alive « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM4, f/13.0, 1/160 sec, 70mm (=105mm), ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM4
Lens:	FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	70mm (35mm equivalent: 105mm)
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.3 (Macintosh)
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